.: The Government has isolated the people in Kokilai Island.....

Kokilai is an island in the Mulathive District. There are about 242 fisher families got caught to the Tsunami disaster. The government promissed that they will give a copensation to all the tsunami affected families which costs Rs.5000. Mr. Thilak Ranaweera, the commisiner of the immediate relife activities visited the people in this island and assured by saying that the people will get their compensation cards as soon as possible. But still the people say that they are totally ignored. Even they are not given any bank loans since they are not registered. Who will help these people???????

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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The Government has isolated the people in Kokilai Island.....